Culture
About us
I relish the notion that art and culture serve, at the same time, as an enrichment to our individual inner worlds and as a bridge-builder between different nationalities, social backgrounds and languages.
Markus Leitner, Ambassador of Switzerland to the UK
about us
The Swiss Cultural Fund UK (SCF) supports Swiss cultural interventions across many artistic fields to British audiences and contributes to an intercultural dialogue between Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The Fund champions most artistic genres, from music to design, the visual arts to performance and architecture to literature, enabling both emerging and established artists to present themselves to the public through a wide range of cultural institutions and venues in the United Kingdom.
The Swiss Cultural Fund UK Limited is registered as a British charity (803628) and as a company limited by guarantee (02474866). It is operated by the Culture Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in the UK.
our mission
Our mission is to develop a range of cultural events and projects allowing Switzerland’s artistic scene to be presented in the United Kingdom with special emphasis on the encouragement of new talents. Our aim is to showcase the best selection of artists and to collaborate with renowned institutions and partners throughout the United Kingdom to ensure the widest possible exposure and a mutually beneficial cultural exchange.
patrons
Erica Bolton, arts publicist
Alain de Botton, writer/philosopher
Dr Ursula Jones OBE, co-founder of the English chamber orchestra/archaeologist
Alice Rawsthorn, writer
Iwan Wirth, president and co-founder Hauser & Wirth
honorary patron
Ambassador Markus Leitner, Ambassador of Switzerland in the United Kingdom
board of trustees
Anna Chiedza, movement artist, choreographer
Ruby Glaskin, theatre producer
Azmina Jasani, Deputy General Counsel | Head of Commercial Legal, EMEA and Asia
Alexandra Müller-Crepon, Head of Cultural Affairs, Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom
Rene Renner, managing director at Logan Media Entertainment
Caroline Widmer, co-owner and director at Pickles PR
company secretary
Julie Zeller
In reaching its decisions, the board of trustees can count on the opinions and advice of its broad network of contacts among cultural institutions in both countries and individual experts within the various cultural spheres.
The trustees appreciate this fruitful collaboration which is helpful in maintaining the Fund’s cultural standards as well as the quality of the projects it promotes, in terms of both the artists and the institutions presenting them.
Company limited by guarantee
Charity number 803628
Company number 02474866